The amazing Facebook suicide prevention tool

Facebook has officially launched the prevention tool that is now available to the whole world. This is a great way of showing concern about their users. Most people with suicidal thoughts express their feelings publicly before trying to commit suicide. It is by this fact that Facebook has seen it very likely that such people will post a message showing directly or indirectly, their possibility of committing suicide. For example, a person may post a message thanking everyone who tried to help him or her and also state their failure on it. In such a case, the Facebook friends who see the post can raise alarm by using the suicide prevention tool.
The prevention tool was previously available to some users in America. It has now been made available to the whole world. People can easily use it as a flag on disturbing posts posted by their friends. The post however needs to be alarming in such a way that the friend really seems to be ready to cause self-harm or even suicide.

This tool for preventing suicide is seen from a drop-down list. After clicking on it, more options are made available and a user chooses the most convenient option. This makes everything simple and efficient as the results will be yielded quickly. Facebook can then send a private message of encouragement or contact anyone with helpful information. They also have many more ways of helping.

Facebook has over 1.65 billion users. It is the world’s leading social network and with such a resource, many suicides can be prevented. In collaboration with Forefront, this has been their goal and it surely is a great way of maintaining the ever growing social family. In most cases, the suicidal people and the concerned friends lacks something they can do to help the situation. This tool has completely dealt with the worry and dealing with suicides will be easier and quicker with the aid.
Facebook is making this tool as much useful as possible. That is why it has promised to make it available in all languages they support. The social-networking platform publicized it that the tool was developed under enough input from organizations that deal with mental health and suicide victims who were saved. This is for their ease of creating measures proven useful in suicide rescues.

As a Facebook user, you should learn and understand about the Facebook suicide prevention tool as much as possible. It could be useful to you later. Also avoid using it inappropriately. By this I mean making false alarms. It is available to be used correctly and efficiently. The Facebook community is always available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you.

Before using the tool in case you notice a threat, Facebook states that contacting the police should be your first option. This is if the risk of someone hurting him or herself is immediate. The police may respond faster and neutralize the situation early enough. The tool may help in saving lives, or also raise awareness of an issue that is important but have been neglected.